Legal Opinion
Rodríguez-Vives v. Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 18, 2014No. 13-1587PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Kathy 1 Rodríguez-Vives sued the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 2005, claiming that defendant Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“the Corps”) refused to hire her as a firefighter because of her gender. As part of a 2009 settlement of that suit, the Corps agreed to employ her as a “transitory” firefighter until the next training academy was held, to admit her to the academy, and to hire her as a firefighter if she graduated. She thereafter again sued the Corps, alleging that, during her transitory employment, the Corps subjected…
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